Reenforcing car bracket



' 1,622,584 March 29 1927' F. H. HARDIN REENFORGING CAR BRACKET origirfaFiled oct.14, 1924 Patented Mar. 29, 1.927.

PAT

ENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. HARDIN, 0F BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK.

REENFORCING CAR BRACKET.

Original application filed October 14, 1924, Serial No. 743,600.

September 27, 1926.

This invention relates generally to car construction and moreparticularly to new and usei'ul improvements in reentorcing brackets forcar body structures. The present application is a division of anapplication ii'led by me October 14, 1924, Serial No. 748,600.

The objects ot this invention are to p rovide a simple bracket for carbodies which is of strong construction and will reenforce the car bodyagainst stresses and shocks to which the cars are subjected when inservice.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an upwardly projectingreentorcing bracket provided at or near its lower end with ahorizontally and inwardly presented member which is adapted to lit intoa recess formed in the car undertrame and be secured in positiontherein. i

Still other objects ot the invention are to provide a single piececasting lhaving an upright member forming reentorcing means for the carbody and having a horizontally disposed member extending into alaterally opening recess formed in the car undertrame and securedthereto, thereby providing eficient means for tying the car bodystructure to the underframe.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certainnovel features ot construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter`more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improvedreenforcing bracket. l

Figure 2 is a side elevational view ot the same. y

Figure 8 is an end elevational view ot the same.

Figure 4 is a vertical cross section taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1. u

In the construction of railway cars it is desirable to reentorce the earbodies so that they will properly resist shocks and stresses to whichcars when in service are subjected. To this end I provide reen'l'orcingbrackets having portions for attaching same to the car underframe andprovided with suitable attaching surfaces for receiving and havingsecured thereto the lower ends oit' car posts, said attaching surfacesbeing properly Divided and this application filed Serial No. 137,983.

spaced with respect to the car posts of the car body structure.

Referring by numerals to the accompany ing drawings, 10 indicates a carunderframe having side members 11 provided with outwardly presentedhorizontally disposed flanges 12 and an end sill14 provided with anoutwardly presented horizontally disposed fiange 15. The car undertrame10 is provided in each corner with a rectangular opening 16 which isadapted to receive a rectangular casting 17 formed integral with areenforcing bracket 18. Casting 17 is provided with va centrallydisposed opening 19 and is attached to rails 2O and '21 oi saidunderframe by rivets 22. The outer or attaching faces of casting 17 areprovided with pads 23 for engaging the cooperating faces of said rails20 and 21.

Bracket 18 comprises a side plate 24 having an inwardly presentedmarginal iange 25 and an end plate 26 having an inwardly presentedmarginal iiange 27. The lower end of plate 24 is provided with alaterally projecting vertically disposed flange 27a which is reenforcedby a horizontally disposed rib or gusset plate 28. This flange 27a isadapted to have attached thereto by means of rivets 29 therearwardlypresented flange of a corner post 30. End plate 26 is provided at itsi'orward end with the vertically disposed iange 31 which is preferablyin the plane with plate 24 and is adapted to have attached to it bymeans of rivets y 32 the web portion of post 30.

This flange 31 is reenforced at its upper end by a horizontally disposedgusset plate 34 which is formed integral with said flange and with theupper end of plate 26. Flange 81 is further reent'orced near its lowerend by a similar gusset plate 35 and a reeniiorcing gusset plate 36 isdisposed intermediate plates 35 and 84.

A series otl vertically disposed reent'orcing flanges 87 are termedintegral with end plate 26and project inwardly therefrom and have theirlower ends united with the horizontall disposed portion 17a of casting17. Vhile the upper ends of said flanges unite with the marginal flange27 of said plate 26, a series of vertically disposed ribs 88 are formedintegral with the horizontally presented portion 17 and the verticallydisposed portion 1? of casting 17 and reenforce the latter.

An enc post 39 is secured to plate 26 by means of rivets Llt) and a postll is secured to the inner end of plate by means of rivets 42. The rearend of plate Q6 is recessed as indicated atda to provide clearance forthe platform portion lof underframe l0. Thus the casting 17 of thereenforcing bracket :forms a part of the underframe and occupies aposition in the recess Jrormed in said underfran'ic with the top of saidcasting and disposed in substantially the same horizontal plane with thetop of said underframe.

fr reentorcing bracket of my improved construction serves to ellicientlytie the car body to the car underframe, provides suitable means foranchoring the lower ends of the post of the car body and reenforce thesame against shocks and stresses.

ilifhile l have shown the preferred form of my invention, it is obviousthat various minor changes in the size and construction of my`reent'orced bracket can be made and substituted for those herein shownand described without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

l. The combination with a. car underframe of a reenforcing bracketcomprising a pair of upright plate members arranged at right angles toeach other and provided 'ith laterally extending marginal flanges, ahorizontally disposed member formedintegral with the lower ends of saidplates and engaging said underframe, and a plurality of verticallydisposed walls formed integral with said plates and adapted to receiveand have secured thereto the car posts of a car wall framing.

2. A one piece reenforcing bracket for cars comprising a pair of platemembers arranged at right angles to each other,A a rectagular' basemember arranged inwardly between the lower ends ot said plate membersand adapted to be secured in a car underframe, a vertically disposedflange extending laterally from one of said plate members and adapted toengage one face of a corner ost, a vertically disposed flange extendingfrom the meeting edges of said plate members at right angles to thefirst flange for engaging a corresponding` face of said corner post, andvertically dispos-ed pads arranged on one of said plate members fr.engaging an intermediate car post.

3. An integral reen'forcing bracket for cars comprising a pair of platemembers arranged at right angles to each other and provided withinwardly disposed marginal flanges, a rectangular base member arrangedinwardly between the lower ends of` said plate members and adapted to besecured to a car underframe,vertically disposed and outwardly presentedflanges on said plates for engaging a car corner post, and ver'- ticallydisposed inwardly presented ribs for reenforcing the end plate and saidrectangular base member'.

4t. The combination of a car underirame having substantially rectangularopenings formed in its corners7 and a. reenforcing corner bracketcon'iprising plate members ar `anged `at lright angles to each other and,provided with outwardly projecting vertically disposed faces yforengaging and having secured thereto the uprights of a car body, and arectangular base member arranged inwardly between the lower ends of saidplate members and occupyingl'the rec tangular opening in said carunderframe and adapted lto be secured therein, and verticall-yydispos-ed inwardly presented ribs formed on one of said plates andconnected to said base. member for reenforcing said platewand said basemember.

5. The combination of a car underfame having a substantially rectangularopening formed in' each corner portion'and.provided with outwardly'.presented horizontally disposed flanges at each outer side of saidopening, and an integral reenforcing ybracket comprising a pair ofvertically vvdisposed plate. members arranged at right Aangles to eachother and provided with laterally disposed marginal flanges, asubstantially rectangular base member formed integral with said plat-emembers and extending inwardly therefrom into the opening in saidunderframe and adapted to be secured thereto, and vertically disposedand 'outwardly presented yflanges for engaging and having securedythereto the posts of the car body.

6. The combination of a car under'frame having a laterally openingrecess formed therein and asingle lpiece reenforcing bracket comprisingan upright member and a horizontally Adisposed member extending4inwardly from said member into said recess and secured in positiontherein, said upright member 'being Aprovided with vertically dis posedfaces for engaging and having secured thereto the posts of a car body. vy

7. The combination of a car und'erframe having a Vvertically Ydisposedand laterally opening recess formed therein, and a reentorcing bracketcomprising a horizontally disposed base member arranged in said recessand secured to .said under-frame and a vertically disposed plate memberformed Yint-egral with said base memberand provided with inwardlylprojecting reenforci'ng flanges and outwardly presented verticallydisposed surfaces for receiving and having secured thereto the post of acar body.

S. A reenforcing lcorner bracket :for cars comprising a pair ofuprightplate members arranged at right angles to each other, a.rectangular 'base member arranged inward-ly between the lower ends ofsaid plate members and adapted to be secured to a car underframe, saidplate members being provided at their point of juncture with verticallydisposed and outwardly presented surfaces arranged at right angles toeach other for enga-ging the respective faces of a car corner post, anda. plurality of vertically disposed faces on one of said plates forreceiving and posts.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ax 'my signature this 20th day ofSeptember, 1926.

FRANK H. HARDIN.

having secured thereto the car

